Image forming apparatus, reading device, and control method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNoboru Ogino
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a document platen, a document cover for covering the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document can be inserted for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is covering the document platen, a scanner that scans the original document on the document platen to image data corresponding to the original document, and a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a document platen;
- a document cover that covers the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document is insertable, the original document being placed on the document platen through the through-hole while the document cover is at a closed position covering the document platen;
- a scanner that moves along the document platen to scan the original document placed on the document platen, the scanner being configured to obtain image data corresponding to the original document;
- a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner;
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- a controller that acquires a scanned image reading position from the scanner and then adjusts the scanned image reading position according to a predetermined size of the through-hole.
A reading device, comprising:
- a document platen;
- a document cover that covers the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document is insertable, the original document being placed on the document through the through-hole while the document cover is at a closed position covering the document platen;
- a scanner that moves along the document platen to scan the original document placed on the document platen, the scanner being configured to obtain image data corresponding to the original document;
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- a controller that acquires a scanned image reading position from the scanner and then adjusts the scanned image reading position according to a predetermined size of the through-hole.
A document scanning device, comprising:
- a document platen having an upper surface;
- a document platen cover that covers the upper surface of the document platen when at a closed position and exposes the upper surface of the document platen when at an opened position, the document platen cover having a through-hole therein, the through-hole having a planar size corresponding to an original document and permitting the original document to be placed on the upper surface of the document platen when the document platen cover is at the closed position;
- a scanner below a lower surface of the document platen, the scanner configured to move along the lower surface of the document platen to obtain image data corresponding to the original document on the upper surface of document platen;
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- a controller that acquires a scanned image reading position from the scanner and then adjusts the scanned image reading position according to a size of the through-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.